Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These relationships have not only provided practical guidance and feedback on my teaching but have also given me emotional support during difficult times. In contrast, during periods when I felt isolated from other educators, I considered leaving the school or even the profession altogether.

Culture 205

Culture Motivation Classroom Management Teaching Assistants 205

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

Meanwhile, research is also being conducted today to understand how chatbots can be used as teaching assistants. In one study , students were not told which of their teaching assistants were humans and which were robots—and findings suggested students struggled to differentiate the two. (I

Teaching 150

Teaching Instructors Teaching Assistants Counselling 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry parlance for online products that leverage data and technology to personalize the course instruction and feedback that each student receives. student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies.

Learning 137

Learning Textbooks Feedback Teaching Assistants 137

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Streamlines feedback on student work. Google Classroom, which is a core app within G Suite for Education, is reminiscent of learning management systems like Schoology or Blackboard or Canvas—but is free for any educator and works on Chromebooks, iPads and other mobile devices. Price: Free with Office 365 Education.

Mobile Devices 157

Mobile Devices Assignments Feedback Quizzes 157

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Yet many have been met with skepticism that such tools can provide as accurate or personal feedback as a human can.

Grades 99

Grades Exams Instructors Teaching Assistants 99

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

So Sankar proposed an online system that would be open to everyone in a class , where when any student wrote in asking for help or clarification, all would benefit from the answer posted by the professor or a teaching assistant. She called her startup Piazza. We learned,” said Sankar last week.

Communication 196

Communication Learning Culture Students 196

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

First of all, there are approaches that can help reduce grading time while still giving useful feedback to students. And I sometimes delegate some portion of the work to a teaching assistant. Instructors wish students did the work before class without needing to be awarded points for their effort.

Motivation 203

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 203

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Law: Given that most evaluation forms are filled out at the end of the semester, a lot of students feel like, "Well even if I provide that feedback, it doesn't really benefit ourselves in that scenario." Was the faculty member or any teaching assistant involved or was that all student mediated? Michael Sano: Hi everybody.

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Depending upon the situation, the guest, the professor, a teaching assistant, or an appointed student in the class can all be good options for moderating the interactions. Additionally, the professor must ensure the guests know exactly what they are invited to observe, and how and about what they are to provide feedback.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 126

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

However, they were more open to having their teaching assistants try new approaches. So he implemented new approaches with teaching assistants for an introduction to biology course. Molinaro says he tried approaching faculty, but found they were hesitant to change.

Teaching Assistants 105

Teaching Assistants Learning Beliefs Feedback 105

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2020

When we rolled out OTIS, there was so much positive feedback from teachers about how simple it is to use. We did a full rollout of OTIS for the 2018-2019 school year, and now we have around 400 teachers and teaching assistants on the platform. Why was online PD the right approach for Hauppauge teachers and staff?

Learning 162

Learning Culture Failure Disabilities 162

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

She uses the video system to offer comments and feedback to students regularly since she cannot meet them all in person. Instead, the partner district is positioning the residents as teaching assistants in the district, providing them with a $23,000 salary. Turk has 15 students in different districts and states.

Teaching 139

Teaching Social Studies Teaching Assistants Participation 139

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

His teaching assistants have engaged with students in the class from places such as Ethiopia, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Samoa and Vietnam. These structured experiences allow Spencer to identify when students misunderstand concepts early on, before they have gone too far into the case without receiving feedback.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. Teachers have gained so much confidence and are finally using educational technology in a way that enhances their instruction at a scale we haven’t seen. The classroom experience will include increased technology and personalized learning.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Depending upon the situation, the guest, the professor, a teaching assistant, or an appointed student in the class can all be good options for moderating the interactions. Additionally, the professor must ensure the guests know exactly what they are invited to observe, and how and about what they are to provide feedback.

Lecturing 106

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 106

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Shiva Kintali: As a teaching assistant at Georgia Tech and while teaching at Princeton, I developed an interest in helping my students learn mathematical concepts in a fun and intuitive way. I observed that students have different readiness levels, but the way we teach is week-by-week lectures with homework.

Textbooks 107

Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 107

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. Teachers have gained so much confidence and are finally using educational technology in a way that enhances their instruction at a scale we haven’t seen. The classroom experience will include increased technology and personalized learning.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 294

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

We invited three guests: Candace Thille, an assistant professor of education at Stanford Graduate School of Education; Mark Milliron, co-founder and chief learning officer at Civitas Learning; and Kyle Bowen, educational technology services director at Penn State University.

Learning 89

Learning Intelligence Science Questions 89

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

Just as professors wouldn’t bring in a teaching assistant they couldn’t talk to or collaborate with, they shouldn’t adopt interactive tools that are mysterious and locked. And my response to that is, I completely believe that most—99.999 percent—of the educational-technology companies out there are ethical.

Teaching 96

Teaching Ethics Textbooks Laboratory 96

Whiteboard Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

For instance, introducing an AI teaching assistant like Jill Watson , developed by Georgia Tech, can start in a single course before expanding school-wide. Training Plans : Continuous professional development should be provided, like the ISTE Certification for Educators , which includes training on technology integration.

Writing 52

Writing Ethics Schools Intelligence 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

She typically teaches mechanical engineering courses with 100 to 150 students. With the help of three or four teaching assistants, she now gives 15-minute-each oral exams between one and three times each semester. You’re on the spot,” he says. It’s like being in a job interview.”

Exams 215

Exams Essay Instructors Education 215

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2024

At first, he stumbled and, his hands weak, relied entirely on teaching assistants to write equations on the board for him. Like in many other cases, it was born of a feedback loop. Tracking Math Identities Snyder, Holifield’s former teaching assistant, says she identifies as a non-math person.

Math 186

Math Beliefs Teaching Assistants Culture 186

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

Improving K-12 Education The Graide Network connects middle and high school teachers with graders to help provide feedback on student work. The graders, or “teaching assistants,” are selected and trained to offer “granular, personalized, high-level feedback” for students, reports CRO Liz Nell.

Counselling 111

Counselling Education Special Education Feedback 111

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

Students who want proof of completion and access to all of the resources of the course—including feedback from teaching assistants—must buy a Coursera membership that costs $49 per month. Kian Katanforoosh is the co-creator for the deep learning courses and is listed as the Head Teaching Assistant for all of them. “We

Teaching 140

Teaching Laboratory Textbooks Intelligence 140

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

Shorelight leaders believe that, for both students and professors, the “face-to-face, tangible, tactile elements of education are really important,” Hoehn-Saric says. Additionally, Shorelight hired local, bilingual teaching assistants to staff its student studios.

Instructors 133

Instructors Students Participation Distance Learning 133